出版社：Faculdade de Psicologia, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul
摘要：We investigated the serial position curve and semantic facilitation effect in
patients with left and right mesial temporal lobe epilepsy (MTLE) with
hipocampal sclerosis compared to a matched control group. Subjects (L-MTLE = 19,
R-MTLE = 15, and controls = 21) were assessed by recalling word lists either
with the three middle words semantically related or not. The total number of
words recalled from both types of lists did not differ between groups. Recency
was preserved, showing that short-term memory (phonological loop) is not
affected in these patients. Primacy was equally present for the lists with no
semantic relationships in all groups, but was absent for lists with semantically
related words. The semantic facilitation effect was seen in all groups, but with
a lower magnitude in the L-MTLE group, suggesting that the spread of discharges
in the left hemisphere interferes with the automatic processing of semantic
networks.
关键词：mesial temporal lobe epilepsy; serial position curve; semantic facilitation;
episodic memory; semantic memory.
